{"id":14232,"date":"2025-09-09T23:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T16:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/bag-collection-uses-bulrush-biomaterials-to-map-mexicos-vanishing-wetlands\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T23:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T16:30:11","slug":"bag-collection-uses-bulrush-biomaterials-to-map-mexicos-vanishing-wetlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/bag-collection-uses-bulrush-biomaterials-to-map-mexicos-vanishing-wetlands\/","title":{"rendered":"bag collection uses bulrush biomaterials to map mexico\u2019s vanishing wetlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">reductio ad lermaense bag collection uses bulrush biomaterials<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reductio ad Lermaense\u00a0is a collection of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/luggage\/\">bags<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0made from bulrush-based <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/biomaterials\/\">biomaterials<\/a><\/strong> that examine the ecological, cultural, and political history of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-mexico\/\">Mexico\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> Ci\u00e9negas del Lerma from 1870 to the present. The Ci\u00e9negas del Lerma once represented the largest wetland in Mexico\u2019s central plateau. Today, only 11% remains after more than 170 years of industrial pollution, water extraction, and other anthropogenic pressures. These changes have disrupted the wetland\u2019s biodiversity and weakened traditions such as bulrush weaving, historically practiced by local artisans. As ecosystem deterioration has progressed, bulrush (Typha latifolia) has shifted from a valued resource to an invasive species.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The project by Manuel D\u00edaz Tufinio reinterprets this material condition through design. Using bulrush-derived biomaterials, the designer developed three leather-like bags that chart the progressive loss of the wetland over time. Rather than proposing a solution, the series functions as a critical design artifact that reflects the ecological transformations of the Lerma lagoons.<\/p>\n<p>all images by <a href=\"https:\/\/mmddtt.com\/\">Manuel D\u00edaz Tufinio<\/a> unless stated otherwise<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">cartographies of Mexico\u2019s last wetlands by manuel diaz tufinio<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmddtt.com\/\">Designer<\/a><\/strong> Manuel D\u00edaz Tufinio crafts each bag in correspondence to a specific moment in Mexico\u2019s wetlands history. The 1870 bag (60 \u00d7 20 \u00d7 5 cm) references the first attempts to drain the bodies of water by the Mexican liberal government. The 1951 bag (28 \u00d7 17 \u00d7 5 cm) is shaped from a map that coincided with the creation of the Lerma System, a vast network of canals and pipelines that diverted water to Mexico City. The 2025 bag (10 \u00d7 8 \u00d7 5 cm) represents the current state of the Chimaliapan lagoon, reduced to a fraction of its original size and capable of holding only minimal objects. Their progressively smaller storage capacities serve as a metaphor for the loss of ecological function.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The title Reductio ad Lermaense references both the endangered Lake Lerma axolotl (Ambystoma lermaense) and the rhetorical device reductio ad absurdum. This dual reference underscores the absurdity of the wetland\u2019s steady disappearance and the intertwined loss of species, materials, and cultural practices.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Reductio ad Lermaense is a bag collection made from bulrush-based biomaterials | 1870 bag<\/p>\n<p>the project explores the ecological and cultural history of Mexico\u2019s Ci\u00e9negas del Lerma | 1951 bag<\/p>\n<p>industrial pollution and water extraction have reshaped the wetland\u2019s landscape | 2025 bag<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>centuries-old bulrush weaving traditions have weakened with ecosystem decline | image by Anne Kinnunen<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>bio-based cellulose leather combines bulrush fibres, seeds, Microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) and Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>the design transforms bulrush into a leather-like biomaterial for new applications<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>materials samples<\/p>\n<p>outlines of the lagoons are taken from hydrological cartographies<\/p>\n<p>the bio-based material\u2019s elastic characteristics are similar to those of leather<\/p>\n<p>biomaterial gets laser cut to achieve more defined silhouettes<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>name:<\/strong> Reductio Ad Lermaense<br \/>\n<strong>designer:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mmddtt.com\/\">Manuel D\u00edaz Tufinio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>materials:<\/strong> Bulrush fibres, seeds (Typha latifolia), Microcrystalline cellulose (MCC), Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), Wool<br \/>\n<strong>thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Eeva Berglund<br \/>\n<strong>advisors:<\/strong> Anna van der Lei, Ena Naito<\/p>\n<p><strong>photographer:<\/strong> Manuel D\u00edaz Tufinio, Anne Kinnunen<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>designboom has received this project from our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/readers-submit\">DIY submissions<\/a>\u00a0feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/readers\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/design\/bag-collection-bulrush-biomaterials-mexico-vanishing-wetlands-reductio-ad-lermaense-manuel-diaz-tufinio-09-09-2025\/\">bag collection uses bulrush biomaterials to map mexico\u2019s vanishing wetlands<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/\">designboom | architecture &amp; design magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>reductio ad lermaense bag collection uses bulrush biomaterials \u00a0 Reductio ad Lermaense\u00a0is a collection of bags\u00a0made from bulrush-based biomaterials that examine the ecological, cultural, and political history of Mexico\u2019s Ci\u00e9negas del Lerma from 1870 to &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.7 - 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